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apothecary
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n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller]
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cookery
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n 1: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application
of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed
who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation
of meals to his wife" [syn: cooking, cookery,
preparation]
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crockery
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n 1: tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively [syn:
crockery, dishware]
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curry
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n 1: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry]
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daiquiri
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n 1: a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice [syn:
daiquiri, rum cocktail]
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grotesquery
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n 1: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn:
grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie]
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mockery
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n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering,
mockery, scoff, scoffing]
2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery,
takeoff]
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peccary
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n 1: nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America
and South America [syn: peccary, musk hog]
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quackery
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n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn:
quackery, empiricism]
2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: charlatanism,
quackery]
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rockery
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n 1: a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants [syn: rock
garden, rockery]
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rookery
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n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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scurry
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n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scamper, scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
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surrey
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n 1: a county in southeastern England on the Thames
2: a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four
seats
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whiskery
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adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded,
barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
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thackeray
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n 1: English writer (born in India) (1811-1863) [syn:
Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray]
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gimcrackery
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n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal,
falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense,
trumpery]
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valkyrie
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n 1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose
heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
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terpsichore
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song
2: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time
to music [syn: dancing, dance, terpsichore,
saltation]
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piscary
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n 1: a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
[syn: fishery, piscary]
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succory
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n 1: perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with
blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp
edible leaves used in salads [syn: chicory, succory,
chicory plant, Cichorium intybus]
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knackery
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tanqueray
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currey
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currie
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hypothecary
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zachary
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hackery
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puckery
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brusquerie
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monkery
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